Meira Chand
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Meira Chand (born 1942) is a novelist of Swiss-Indian parentage and was born and educated in London.
Life
She was born and grew up in
Socialist Medical Association, and first Indian Labour member of the London County Council for South Battersea, standing as a parliamentary candidate. She attended Putney High School and later studied art at St Martin's School of Art & Design
and Hammersmith Art School.
In 1962 she married Kumar Chand, and went with him to live in the
Perth, Australia, and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Western Australia.[2]
Writing
Five of her eight novels are set in Japan, The Gossamer Fly, Last Quadrant, The Bonsai Tree, The Painted Cage and A Choice of Evils, a novel of the
Second World War and the subsequent Japanese occupation of Singapore, and also the rise of post-war nationalism in Malaya. On its publication in 2010 it was chosen as a Book of the Month by the UK bookshop chain Waterstones. The novel was also on Oprah Winfrey's recommended reading list for November 2011, and long listed for the Impac Dublin literary award
2012.
She wrote the story from which The LKY Musical, the 2015 Singaporean theatre production was developed. The musical centres on the early life of Lee Kuan Yew, his struggles and enduring relationship with his wife. In Singapore she is involved in programmes to nurture young writers and to develop literature and promote reading.
Selected works
- The Gossamer Fly (1979, John Murray, UK / Ticknor and Fields, USA) ISBN 978-0-89919-002-0
- Last Quadrant (1981, John Murray, UK / Ticknor and Fields, USA) ISBN 978-0-89919-079-2
- The Bonsai Tree (1983, John Murray, UK, Ticknor and Fields, USA) ISBN 978-0-7195-4007-3
- The Painted Cage (1986, Century Hutchinson, UK) ISBN 978-0-7126-1274-6
- House of the Sun (1989, Hutchinson, UK) ISBN 978-0-09-174003-0
- A Choice of Evils (1996 Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK) ISBN 978-0-297-81743-7
- A Far Horizon (2001, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK) ISBN 978-0-297-81748-2
- A Different Sky (2010, Harvill Secker/Random House, UK) ISBN 978-1-84655-343-1
- Sacred Waters (2018, Marshall Cavendish, Singapore) ISBN 978-981-4779-50-0
References
- ^ a b "Between cultures". thehindu.com. 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Bestselling Singapore author gains UWA PhD : Archive Page". The University of Western Australia.
External links
- Official website
- National Library Distinguished Readers. National Library Board Singapore. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- House of the Sun Tour Schedule. Tamasha. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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